my microcosm

Ready for Revolution: The CNT Defense Committees in Barcelona, 1933-1938

Seeing the writing on the wall, one of Spain's largest unions began
secretly arming workers throughout the country. The anarcho-syndicalist
union evolved from overseeing workers' defense to organizing armed
resistance to the Fascist coup. From there, it administered entire
militias and finally coordinated industrial self-management and food
distribution, leading a revolution within the Spanish Civil War. A
fascinating new history and a lively narrative of ordinary men and women
making history.